Fixed Income
News and analysis of fixed income markets including the key factors affecting performance such as interest rates, Federal Reserve policy and the state of the economy.
Deconstructing Duration
By Franklin Templeton InvestmentsLearn more about this often cited and sometimes misunderstood metric.
April 29, 2015
Fed Likely Punting Rate Hike Till Later as Growth CoolsFed expects a rebound from transitory factors hampering GDP in Q1.
April 28, 2015
Facing a challenge? Be an action heroWhen things go wrong, do you embrace the role of victim? A better response is to channel your inner hero.
April 27, 2015
Why Bond Bears Are WrongAny Wall Street pro will probably tell you theres plenty to hate about bonds. Yet doom-and-gloom forecasts for the bond market continue to be wrong.
April 27, 2015
StanCorp sees stronger group disability salesThe employers the company serves are growing.
April 23, 2015
Prospect of Fed Rate Hike and Its Effect on Asian AssetsHow close are we to a Federal Reserve rate hike? How would a hike affect Asian securities?
April 22, 2015
Bill Gross: German Bunds Are the ‘Short of a Lifetime’Janus' Bill Gross laid out his case for the move as critics said widespread short selling of 10-year bunds would lead to "financial Armageddon."
April 21, 2015
Bad Behavior Cost Mutual Fund Investors 8 Percentage Points in 2014: DalbarDalbars latest investor behavior study shows, for the 21st time, that investors are their own worst enemies and that advisors can be their best friends.